Richmond have selected Noah Balta for Saturday's AFL clash with Gold Coast just days before he is due to be sentenced for assault.
In other big selection news for round six, Marcus Bontempelli returns for the Western Bulldogs, Oscar Allen is out but Tim Kelly is in for West Coast, while Melbourne have axed Jacob van Rooyen and Bayley Fritsch.
Balta has pleaded guilty to assault and will be sentenced in court on April 22.
That appearance will come just three days after Balta fronts up against the Suns.
His selection is set to cause huge controversy given the serious nature of the assault.
Balta served a four-match club-imposed ban over December's incident and returned to play via a VFL practice match on Sunday.
Earlier this week, Richmond coach Adem Yze said Balta had served his suspension and deserved to be back in the selection frame.
Emerging star Sam Lalor returns for Richmond, while Gold Coast welcome back Connor Budarick from a rib injury at the expense of Sam Clohesy.
Bulldogs superstar Bontempelli (calf) will play his first match of the AFL season in his side's Easter Sunday test against St Kilda, but James Harmes is out with a foot injury.
Bontempelli's return will be a huge boost for the Bulldogs (2-3), who have lost their past two games.
"We can't expect him to play 90 per cent game time or anything like that," Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge said.
"He's trained extremely hard with his cross-training for the duration of his recovery, but there's no replacement for playing.
"So he'll blow up a little bit, but obviously it's exciting having him back in the team and we really welcome that."
Carlton have lost Harry McKay (concussion) and Brodie Kemp (Achilles) for Friday night's encounter with North Melbourne, while the axe has fallen on Sam Docherty.
Blake Acres, Elijah Hollands and Lewis Young all come back, while the Kangaroos welcome back George Wardlaw.
The match marks Hollands' first appearance of the season after taking time out for personal reasons.
Fremantle have brought in former Demon Oscar McDonald to replace the suspended Patrick Voss for Saturday's clash with Melbourne at the MCG.
The 0-5 Demons made a big selection statement by axing premiership star Fritsch and key forward Van Rooyen among three changes.
Koltyn Tholstrup, former Lion Tom Fullarton and Daniel Turner were all called up for Melbourne.
Last-placed West Coast have made four changes for their Friday evening meeting with Essendon.
Jeremy McGovern is back from a groin injury, Kelly has won a recall after one WAFL appearance, while ruckman Matt Flynn and midfielder Elijah Hewett are also back.
Captain Allen, who has struggled to make an impact this year, has been managed, while Bailey Williams has lost his spot in the ruck to Flynn.
Essendon have recalled key forward Peter Wright but lost Nick Bryan to a season-ending knee injury.
Adelaide have regained defender Nick Murray for their crunch clash with GWS, with Giants spearhead Jesse Hogan named despite his battle with soreness.
